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HONGKONG.
ANNO DUODECIMO VICTORIÆ REGINÆ.
No. 2 of 1848.
BY His Excellency SAMUEL GEORGE BONHAM, Esquire, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China.
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE No. 13 OF 1845, ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH A LICENSED GHAUT SERANG IN THE COLONY OF HONGKONG, AND FOR THE BETTER REGULATION OF LASCARS RESORTING THERETO."
[7th September, 1848.]
WHEREAS the said Ordinance No. 13 of 1845 provides but for the appointment of one Ghaut Serang in the Colony, and as it appears to be expedient and desirable that there should be two or more such Ghaut Serangs appointed annually therein:
Preamble.
Governor
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I. Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, determine annu- That from and after the expiration of any License heretofore granted ally the number under the said Ordinance No. 13 of 1845, it shall and may be lawful of Ghaut Serangs to be appointed for the Governor for the time being of the said Colony, with the Advice for the Colony, of the Executive Council thereof, annually to determine and arrange as also the Fee the number of Ghaut Serangs which shall be appointed for the ensuing chargeable on year, as also the amount of the Fee or Sum to be chargeable on the their License. License to be granted to such Ghaut Serangs.
Licenses to be
II. And be it further enacted and ordained, That where not inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance, such Licenses shall be issued by Colonial issued as heretofore by the Colonial Secretary, in pursuance of the said Secretary. Ordinance No. 13 of 1845, the provisions whereof, as also of the Ordinance No. 4 of 1846, shall extend and apply to all Ghaut Serangs hereinafter appointed, in like manner as if they respectively were appointed and acting as a sole Ghaut Serang under the said Ordinance No. 13 of 1845.
S. G. BONHAM,
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 7th day of September, 1848.
L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO, Clerk of Councils.
Clark of Conners.